Justice
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US
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Law, Reversing Earlier Decision
The ruling, by a newly all-male bench, allows the state’s new six-week abortion ban to take effect.
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Newyork
Samuel Alito Has a Favorite Branch of Government
In theory, there is no branch in the American constitutional system that exists above or beyond the reach of the others. “The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who ...
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US
More Income for the Supreme Court: Million-Dollar Book Deals
The deals have become highly lucrative for the justices, including for those who used court staff members to help research and promote their books.
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US
Senate Panel Approves Supreme Court Ethics Bill With Dim Prospects
Republicans accused Democrats of trying to undermine the court with the measure and vowed to block it from advancing in the Senate, making it highly unlikely to become law.
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Newyork
The Supreme Court’s Tarnished Reputation
More from our inbox: Pumping Groundwater and the Earth’s WobbleTreating Politicians as MessiahsHow Libraries Can Help Homeless PeopleCredit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Having read The Times’s reporting on the Supreme ...
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Newyork
John Roberts Throws a Curveball
The Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling on Thursday in Allen v. Milligan is as shocking as it is welcome. The Voting Rights Act has lived to see another day, with implications for 2024 and beyond. The court ruled that Section 2 of the Voting Rights ...
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US
Release of Justice Stevens’s Private Papers Opens Window Into Supreme Court
The justice’s files on thousands of cases, including landmark decisions on abortion and the 2000 election, were made public.
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World
In Prosecution of Turkish Bank, the Supreme Court Issues a Mixed Ruling
The justices rejected key arguments from Halkbank, which is owned by the Turkish government. But they told a lower court to revisit one possible defense.
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US
Justice Thomas Failed to Report Real Estate Deal With Texas Billionaire
An investigation by ProPublica revealed a deal worth more than $100,000 between the real estate magnate and the justice.
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US
Justices Must Disclose Travel and Gifts Under New Rules
The change comes as members of Congress have called for the justices to be held to ethics standards similar to those for the executive and legislative branches.